Job Description

Community Health RN

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Type: Long Term Contract
Location: Flushing NY
Setting:

Opportunity Description

Under the direction of a Nurse Manager, the PACE Community Health Nurse (PCHN) provides skilled care and routine clinical nursing assessment visits to PACE members and families utilizing all elements of the nursing process and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and agency policies. The PACE CHN primarily provides nursing visits in the member’s home in the community but can routinely visit members in the PACE center, hospitals, nursing homes, and other alternate setting as deemed necessary for care coordination consistent with the PACE model of care. The PACE CHN is a core interdisciplinary team (IDT) member who assigned to a PACE member in compliance with CMS PACE regulatory requirement.

Benefits:

Excellent pay tailored to your needs
Referral bonus program
Weekly direct deposit
Comprehensive benefits package
Low cost Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
Travel reimbursement

Job Duties

As the Community Health Nurse, you will:

Carry out the agency’s mission, philosophy, goals and objectives within guidelines of Agency policy and position function.
Interpret and implement the Agency’s philosophy to staff and members of the community.
Assume responsibility for assignments given, seek supervision appropriately, and is accountable for his/her actions by performing within the limits of his/her education and experience.
Know and conform to the law governing the practice of professional nursing and provide professional nursing care using all elements of the nursing process.
Assess and evaluate the health care needs of patients and families with consideration regarding physiological, psychological, social and environmental factors.
Identify complete, accurate and logical Uniform Assessment System (UAS) for NY and appropriate sequencing of diagnoses in collaboration with the PCP to maintain compliance with state and federal regulations.
Participate in mandatory PACE comprehensive care planning meetings routinely as required by PACE regulations.
Collaborate with all members of the IDT in developing a comprehensive care plan based on member-specific needs, physician orders, UAS-NY CAPS, other IDT assessments, members’ specific parameters and identified goals that are respectful of member, family, community and agency resources.
Implement the nursing care plan and revise it whenever necessary by regularly assessing, observing, and evaluating the patient’s condition, needs and response to care and makes appropriate nursing judgments and decisions for care plan revision.

Experience & Skills Required

Experience & Skills:

A current New York State License to practice as a Registered Nurse.
Minimum of one (1) year general clinical nursing experience in a certified home health agency (CHHA), acute care, medical surgical, and/or critical care experience required.
Clinical nursing experience must be within one (1) year from date of hire or transfer required
Degree from an NLN accredited school of nursing required, BSN preferred
Highly-motivated and self-driven individual with willingness to work within a strict deadline environment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required
Works inside at a primary office space, and attends meetings at other office locations
Ability to sit for extended periods of time and ascend/descend stairs, if necessary

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